Research Catalog

Title

"Why do you ask?" [electronic resource] : the function of questions in institutional discourse / edited by Alice F. Freed and Susan Ehrlich.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Details

Additional Authors

• Freed, Alice F., 1946-
• Ehrlich, Susan (Susan Lynn)

Description

1 online resource (xiv, 356 p.)

Uniform Title

"Why do you ask?" (Online)

Subject

• Oral communication
• Questioning

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

The function of questions in institutional discourse : an introduction / Susan Ehrlich and Alice F. Freed -- The design and positioning of questions in inquiry testimony / Jack Sidnell -- Questioning in medicine / John Heritage -- Interrogating tears : some uses of "tag questions" in a child-protection helpline / Alex Hepburn and Jonathan Potter -- Grammar and social relations : alternative forms of yes/no-type initiating actions in health visitor interactions / Geoffrey Raymond -- Asking ostensibly silly questions in police-suspect interrogations / Elizabeth Stokoe and Derek Edwards -- Pursuing views and testing commitments : hypothetical questions in the psychiatric assessment of transsexual patients / Susan A. Speer -- Questions that convey information in teacher-student conferences / Irene Koshik -- "Is that right?" : questions and questioning as control devices in the workplace / Janet Holmes and Tina Chiles -- Questioning in meetings : participation and positioning / Cecilia E. Ford -- The spatial and temporal dimensions of reflective questions in genetic counseling / Srikant Sarangi -- Questions in broadcast journalism / Steven Clayman -- Questions and institutionality in public participation broadcasting / Joanna Thornborrow -- "I'm calling to let you know!" : company-initiated telephone sales / Alice F. Freed -- "How may I help you?" : questions, control, and customer care in telephone call center talk / Anna Kristina Hultgren and Deborah Cameron.

LCCN

2009006795

OCLC

ssj0000344474

Title

"Why do you ask?" [electronic resource] : the function of questions in institutional discourse / edited by Alice F. Freed and Susan Ehrlich.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Freed, Alice F., 1946-

Ehrlich, Susan (Susan Lynn)